Combo scores
Every two-card combo earns points for what can be measured: how fast it works, what it produces, whether it needs setup and how much it wins in tournaments. At 4 points or more it is banned. Data is measured every week and the new list is announced on the first Monday of each month; the next announcement is on November 2, 2026.
Until November 2, 2026 the official list stays frozen. Here you can see what would change that day.
At the November 2, 2026 announcement
- Stay banned
- 620
- Would leave the list
- 424
- Would join the list
- 1,313
Those on the official list, from closest to leaving to farthest. A combo leaves only if it stays below the line for the whole review month.
Sword of the Paruns + Elvish Archdruid
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 5,107 decks
Quietus Spike + Wound Reflection
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 4,935 decks
Sword of the Paruns + Marwyn, the Nurturer
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 4,675 decks
Shalai and Hallar + Heliod, Sun-Crowned
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins −1 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 4,165 decks
Breath of Fury + Rionya, Fire Dancer
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 4,123 decks
Queza, Augur of Agonies + Lich's Mastery
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 10 mana · 4,062 decks
Teferi, Time Raveler + Knowledge Pool
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins −1 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 4,049 decks
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord + Wall of Blood
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 10 mana · 3,974 decks
Rionya, Fire Dancer + Port Razer
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 10 mana · 3,951 decks
Metalworker + Voltaic Construct
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 3,946 decks
Intruder Alarm + Imperious Perfect
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 3,799 decks
Replication Technique + Doubling Season
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 10 mana · 3,794 decks
Archon of Emeria + Knowledge Pool
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins −1 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 3,764 decks
Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle + Freed from the Real
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 3,682 decks
Replication Technique + Parallel Lives
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 3,490 decks
Basalt Monolith + Mana Reflection
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 3,429 decks
Naru Meha, Master Wizard + Blur
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins −1 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 3,413 decks
Bloodletter of Aclazotz + Fraying Omnipotence
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 3,404 decks
The One Ring + Drafna, Founder of Lat-Nam
Would leave3 of 11Speed 0 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 12 mana · 3,290 decks
Akki Battle Squad + Sword of Hearth and Home
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 3,282 decks
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Breath of Fury
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 3,196 decks
Satya, Aetherflux Genius + Port Razer
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 3,170 decks
Prossh, Skyraider of Kher + Food Chain
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 3,026 decks
Virtus the Veiled + Wound Reflection
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 2,979 decks
Ashaya, Soul of the Wild + Ley Weaver
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins +1 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 2,883 decks
Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle + Pemmin's Aura
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 2,533 decks
Redshift, Rocketeer Chief + Staff of Domination
Would leave3 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins −1 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 5 mana · 2,478 decks
Murderous Redcap + Uncivil Unrest
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 2,417 decks
Exalted Flamer of Tzeentch + Time Warp
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 2,222 decks
Teferi, Temporal Archmage + Lithoform Engine
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 10 mana · 2,098 decks
Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir + Knowledge Pool
Would leave3 of 11Speed 0 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 11 mana · 1,981 decks
Soulfire Grand Master + Jeska's Will
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 1,965 decks
Sword of the Paruns + Karametra's Acolyte
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 1,892 decks
Staff of Domination + Bighorner Rancher
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 1,854 decks
Brago, King Eternal + Aurelia, the Warleader
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 10 mana · 1,854 decks
Port Razer + Splinter Twin
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 1,753 decks
The Watcher in the Water + Kindred Discovery
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 10 mana · 1,745 decks
Heartless Hidetsugu + Grafted Exoskeleton
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 1,703 decks
Spike Feeder + Light of Promise
Would leave3 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +1 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 6 mana · 1,698 decks
Staff of Domination + Deathbloom Ritualist
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 1,683 decks
How points add up
- Speed, by total mana until it works (both cards plus what running it costs): 4 or less +4, 5 or 6 +3, 7 or 8 +2, 9 or 10 +1.
- What it produces: +3 if it decides the game, if it makes infinite creature tokens, or if half of the verifier lists that include it already include a way to finish it; +2 for infinite mana or infinite creature deaths or enters; +1 for any other infinite that needs a third card.
- Setup: −1 if it needs something else on the battlefield, a card in the graveyard or a special state.
- Tournament wins, with 30 decks or more: +2 if it wins 1.15 times the norm or more, +1 if 1.05, −1 if 0.85 or less. Multiplayer uses cEDH; 1v1 uses Duel Commander.
- 1v1 only: +1 if it wins by an alternate win condition or mills an opponent’s library.
Scores calculated on October 29, 2026 with Commander Spellbook and Scryfall. Tournament data: TopDeck.gg and MTGTop8.